Dinosaurs found in
United Kingdom
58 kinds of dinosaur have been found in United Kingdom, from 210 recorded finds. The best known are Iguanodon, Megalosaurus and Baryonyx.
Most of the fossils come from the Wessex Formation, the Wadhurst Clay Formation, the Tunbridge Wells Sand Formation, the Weald Clay Formation and the Charmouth Mudstone Formation.
Where the fossils were found
From the field
Famous dinosaurs from United Kingdom
Weald Clay Fm. · named 1825
Iguanodon
10 mHerbivoreEarly Cretaceous
Cotswold Slate Fm. · named 1822
Megalosaurus
6 mCarnivoreMiddle Jurassic
Papo Seco Fm. · named 1986
Baryonyx
9 mCarnivoreEarly Cretaceous
Wessex Fm. · named 1870
Hypsilophodon
2.3 mHerbivoreLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
Wessex Fm. · named 1996
Neovenator
7.4 mCarnivoreEarly Cretaceous
Charmouth Mudstone Fm. · named 1859
Scelidosaurus
4 mHerbivoreEarly Jurassic
White Limestone Fm. · named 1926
Proceratosaurus
CarnivoreMiddle Jurassic
Wessex Fm. · named 1866
Polacanthus
5 mHerbivoreEarly Cretaceous
All 58 dinosaurs found in United Kingdom
- Iguanodon
- Megalosaurus
- Baryonyx
- Hypsilophodon
- Neovenator
- Scelidosaurus
- Proceratosaurus
- Polacanthus
- Eustreptospondylus
- Cetiosaurus
- Hylaeosaurus
- Eotyrannus
- Ceratosuchops
- Thecodontosaurus
- Mantellisaurus
- Saltopus
- Riparovenator
- Sarcosaurus
- Dracoraptor
- Pantydraco
- Duriavenator
- Istiorachis
- Pendraig
- Magnosaurus
- Loricatosaurus
- Nuthetes
- Pelorosaurus
- Valdosaurus
- Cetiosauriscus
- Barilium
- Callovosaurus
- Echinodon
- Agnosphitys
- Camelotia
- Brighstoneus
- Vectiraptor
- Ornithopsis
- Cumnoria
- Yaverlandia
- Vectaerovenator
- Comptonatus
- Xenoposeidon
- Calamosaurus
- Sarcolestes
- Vectidromeus
- Cardiodon
- Duriatitan
- Asylosaurus
- Cruxicheiros
- Hypselospinus
- Owenodon
- Anoplosaurus
- Oplosaurus
- Vectipelta
- Aristosuchus
- Haestasaurus
- Juratyrant
- Metriacanthosaurus